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Worksheets8LC1 Assessment
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 29mins
P1. Is Dubai a Pyramid or Pancake City?
Pyramid
Pancake
P2. Select 3 reasons why Tourism is popular in Dubai
Warm climate all year round
Accessible from Europe and Asia
Cheap
Luxury hotels and beaches
Lots of historical artifacts
P3. a territory ruled by an emir, a title often used by monarchs in Islam is called a (a)
P4. Describe the climate of the Dubai
Hot desert
Mediterranean
Urban
Rural
P5. What country's economy shown on the right is has oil and gas as the largest percentage of their GDP in the Middle East?
(a)
P6. (a) are the goods or services leaving a country, such as oil being sold overseas
P7. What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
Gross Dollar Project
Gross Domestic Project
Gross Dollar Pound
P8. What country in the Middle East has the most oil?
Venezuela
Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Dubai
P9. What section of the population pyramid has the largest male population?
Apex
Core
Base
P10. Which TWO of the following are examples of displaced migration?
Moving away because of conflict
Moving away because of natural disasters such as earthquakes
moving for friends and family
moving for a better jon
P11. Population (a) is the number of people in a particular area, measured in people per square kilometre (PPSQKM)
P12. The temperature in October is (a) °C in Abu Dhabi
P13. What month has the highest rainfall?
(a)
P14. Select the physical features from the options below (Choose 2)
Bodies of water
Weather and Climate
Population Distribution
Religion
P15. Urbanisation is the increase in the ___________ of people living in urban areas.
Number
Proportion
Amount
Group
P16. When a country scores closer to 1 in the HDI it is classed as ______ developed.
MORE
LESS
P17. ________ - ________ an urban dweller living in inadequate housing or an under served area of the city, with limited access to water, sanitation, transport and energy.
Better served
Under served
P18. _________ - _________ an urban dweller living in good quality housing or a better served area of the city, with reliable, affordable and safe access to water, sanitation, transport and energy.
Under served
Better served
C1. Globalisation is where the world is becoming more interconnected through to _______ and cultural exchange
trade
westernisation
diffusion
dilution
C2. Imports are goods _________ a country whereas exports are goods _______ a country
leaving, entering
exiting, entering
entering, exiting
C3. ___________ is to connect to one another. This could be people, cities or countries.
globalisation
interconnectivity
trade links
cultural diffusion
C4. Select 3 examples of cultural exchange below
learning a different language
buying products from your home country
listening to music from another country
visiting another country
A TNC importing materials
C5. What is the term for things being the same, or the same kind? For example, shopping centres are becoming an example of
(a)
C6. Cultural ________ is the spread of cultural norms from one place to another
diffusion
dilution
differentiation
dialect
C7. Which of the following is NOT a cause of globalisation
Transport improvements
Transfer of people
Technology improvements
Trade
Homogenity
C8. How has transport improved to cause globalisation?
sails are used, most trade travels by plane
ships are smaller and carry cargo
Engines are used, ships are bigger and safer
C9. Any kind of work, particularly physical work is known as (a)
C10. How has technology improved to cause globalisation? Choose 3 options
More people have access to the internet
You can email/text/call as opposed to writing letters
You still have to travel for business meetings instead of using zoom
Social media spreads messages/news quickly
C11. True or False: As a country develops, its economy typically changes from agriculture (farming) to industry (manufacturing/factories)
True
False
C12. Why do countries want to change to industry from agriculture? Select 3 reasons
Earn more money
To be able to feed their population
Create more jobs
To attract TNCs
C13. Select 3 reasons why western culture dominates the world
Industrial Revolutions
Impact of Colonialism
Spread of Captialism
Spread of Communism
C14. The process of western or European culture spreading/influencing other countries is called (a)
C15. What is defined as “control by one power over a dependent area or people"
Capitalism
Consumerism
Colonialism
Communism
C16. In capitalism, the country's economy is controlled by __________
individual private owners
the government
C17. In communism/socialism, the country's economy is controlled by __________
individual private owners
the government
C18. Select 3 advantages of Westernisation below
Improvements in the medical field due to shared knowledge
Improved job opportunities
Acquire new knowledge
Risk of traditional cultures being lost
May cause the brain drain by workers leaving to work in a different country
C19. What does TNC stand for?
Transnational Coordination
Transnational Corporation
Transnational Consumerism
Transnational Capitalism
C20. Which of the following is not an example of a TNC
A local market stall operating only in Warrington
Nike
A Canadian farmer that sells products in Canada and France
Costa Coffee in Warrington
C21. What sector were most of the top ten businesses part of in 2016?
Energy
Financials
Healthcare
Industrials
IT
C22. Exxon Mobil is worth ___________ in 2016 than it was in 2006
more
less
C23. True or False - all of the top 10 most valuable TNCs in 2022 are from the USA
True
False
C24. What is the most valuable TNC in 2022?
Apple
Amazon
Microsoft
C25. Select 3 disadvantages of sweatshops below
Provide more jobs
Poor labour conditions
Low pay
Increase pollution
Enables relations between nations e.g. China and USA for the manufacture of iPhones
C26.
"a textile factory in a LIC or MIC with low wages and poor working conditions" is known as what?
(a)
V1. When a country is changing from an agriculture focused economy to a industry focused economy it is known as industrialisation. Which of the following best describes industrial areas?
urban areas with growing numbers of factories, fewer green spaces and farms, increasing population density
rural areas with large amounts of green spaces for farming, reducing popualtion density
urban areas with a declining number of factories, increasing number of farms and a low population
V2. ________________ is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts.
Consumerism
Capitalism
Communism
Cultural Diffusion
V3. Globalisation has increased because of improvements to technology and _______; the transfer of people for ________ and the freedom of _______
transport, labour, trade
transport, tourism, exports
culture, labour, trade
tourism, work, technology
V4. Countries tend not to be wholly capitalist of socialist. They tend to be somewhere on a scale where some countries have more regulation and government control they are known as __________
Socialist
Capitalist
V5. Cultural diffusion is not always a good thing. It can often make places less unique and this can also have the added effect of the loss of traditional languages and cultures. What is this known as?
Cultural dilution
Cultural dissemation
Cultural exchange
V6. _____ of global trade travels by shipping.
60%
70%
80%
90%
